Zeno’s Kitchen Sink Fest

Zeno’s Pub is a craft beer bar in downtown State College, Pennsylvania, they always have a good selection of beers on tap which are rotated regularly and in addition to this they also have a wide selection of bottled beers. On Saturday September 28th, 2013, they held a Kitchen Sink Fest which was $25 for 25 x 3oz pours. French fries were free during the event and food specials were also available such as $4 pulled pork sandwiches.

The event was held between 1p to 8pm and was organized into three service stations:

The Main Room – 39 bottled beers, up to 10 pours.

The Pool Room – 41 bottled beers, up to 10 pours.

The Bar – 28 draft beers, up to 5 pours.

The range of beers was diverse in both styles and countries of origin including USA, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, UK and more. Between the 2 of us we managed to sample about 48 beers which with some being 10% and over was no mean feat…!

Zeno’s – The Main Roombeer menu

Beers sampled from ‘The Main Room’ were as follows:

Abbaye Des Rocs Brune – 9% Belgian Dark Strong

Abbaye Des Rocs Grand Cru – 9% Belgian Dark Strong*

Achel Extra – 9.5% Trappist*

Amagar Fusion – 3.5% Californian Common

De La Senne Very Special – 6.4% Belgian Pale Ale

Dieu De Ciel Solstice D’hiver – 10.2% American Barleywine

Gales Prize Old Ale – 9% from 2005

Harviestoun Ola Dubh 16 – 8% Rauchbier (smoked)

Ichtegems Grand Cru – Flemish Red Ale

Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza – 4.8% Sour Wit

Jolly Pumpkin Weizen Bam – 4.5% Saison

La Binchoise Brune – Belgian Dubbel*

La Trappe Quadruppel – Trappist Belgian Dark Strong*

La Trappe Isi’dor – Trappist Belgian Pale Ale*

Lindemans Faro – 4.2% Lambic

Lost Abbey 10 Commandments – 10% Belgian Dark Strong*

Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi – Biere de Garde

Lost Abbey Red Barn – 6.7% Saison

Mikkeller Jackie Brown – American Brown Ale

* denotes our favorite(s) in the above list.

Zeno’s – The Pool Roombeer menu

Beers sampled from ‘The Pool Room’ were as follows:

Ommegang Seduction – Belgian Dark Ale

Port Brewing Hots Rocks Lager – Black Lager

Rogue Single Malt Ale – 4.8% Blonde Ale 35 IBU

Rogue YSB – 4.8% English Bitter

Sam Adams Cinder Bock – 9.5% Rauchbier 25 IBU

Sam Smiths Winter Welcome – 6% Winter Warmer

Schneider Weizen Edel-Weisse – 6.2% Weisse Bier

Southampton Abbot 12 – 10.5% Belgian Dark Strong

St. Bernardus Xmas – 10% Belgian Dark Strong

St. Feuillien Speciale – Belgian Dark Strong

Stone Vertical Epic 2011 – 9.4% Belgian Dark Strong

Rochefort 10 – Trappist Belgian Dark Strong*

Urthel Bock – 7.5% Bock bier

Weihenstephaner Korbinian – 7.4% Doppelbock*

Weihenstephaner Vitus Bock – 7.7% Wheat Bock

Westmalle Dubbel – Trappist Belgian Dubbel

* denotes our favorite(s) in the above list.

Zeno’s – The Barbeer menu

Beers sampled from ‘The Bar’ were as follows:

Avery Mephistopheles’ Stout – 16.8% Imperial Stout

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout – Russian Imperial Stout*

Dogfish Head Olde School – 15% American Barleywine

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale – Pumpkin Ale

Duck-Rabbit Duck-Rabbator Dopplebock – 8.5% Doppelbock

Duck Rabbit Marzen – Octoberfest

Long Trail Imperial Pumpkin Ale – Pumpkin Ale

New Holland Dragon’s Milk – Imperial Stout*

Nebraska Chardonnay French Oak Hop God – Belgian IPA

Paulaner Pils – German Pils

Redhook Pumpkin Porter – 5.8%

* denotes our favorite(s) in the above list.

This is the first time Zeno’s have run this event and here at Beer Infinity we certainly hope it will become a regular occurrence as it was very enjoyable and also well attended.